Cotton-seed-delinting saw.



A. A. WOOD. COTTON SEED DELIN T|NG'SAW- APPLICATION FILED was. 914.

9,9,, Patented Se t. 11, 1917.

INVENTORI TT A ALBERT A. WOOD, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

COTTON-SEED-DELINTING SAW.

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. WOOD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cotton- Seed-Delinting Saws, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to .a new shape of teeth for removingthe'lint from cotton-seed after the same has had removed therefrom the long lint or thecotton of commerce, said delinting being specifically the cutting from the seed of the stumps of the fiber so as to render the seed ready for the process of extracting the oil fromthe meats or kernels thereof, said stumps being very difiicult 0f removal owing to fact that no intimate hold may be taken thereon and the fibers being interlaced or matted together strongly androoted in or adhered to the exterior,

2. 1 be removed from the seed wlth as llttle out 'or opened in the delinting process and that sides adhering to the crushed meats also hard coating of the seeds. These linters as these short fibersare called after removal from the seed have aconsiderable market value and it is hence very desirable that they ting or chopping up (shortening) as possible and as free as possible from cut-off particles' of the seed-hull. Obviously it is also desirable that none of the seeds be cut, split the same be delivered from the delinting machine in such condition that they may be readily divested of their outer shell or hull and be free from this short lint which, be-

causes the matting of the hulls in the separator and the passing out with themselves of considerable oil-bearing finer particles of meats and several other objections wellknown in the art.

From the beginningof the art of cottonginning, that is the removal of the cotton of commerce, a substantially constant use has been made of. a saw having a tooth substantially circular in cross-section and in the ited in its reduction by the practical distance required Within which to insert the rib, of

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented filept. ill, 191W.

Application fi1ed August 3,1914. Serial No. 854,716.

which there is one between each contiguous pair of saws and which together form the grid of the gin or delinter. This tooth is formed by thinning the edge of the saw by beveling or chamfering on each side near the edge and then producing the circular cross sectional shape by filing the angles formed on-each tooth by this chamfering. This tooth enters the mat of short fibers but does not remove them from the seed with practical rapidity or thoroughness, as its effect is merely to comb or card the short matted lint on the seed and only to remove that lint which comes away freely or is broken by the tooth or otherwise a short distance away from its actual point of joinder to the hull, and, further, such little as might be scratched off by the point of the tooth in contact with the hull. This obviously leaves the surface of the seed more or less furry and only partially delinted. The present im provement in the shape of these teeth has been thoroughly tested and obviates all of these difficulties, the reasons of which will be fully explained after an exposition of the nature of the improvements.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a portion of the disk. or saw showing two of the improved teeth in sideelevation, very much enlarged.

Figs. 2 and 3 are end views.

Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof.

The same features are marked withcorre sponding reference characters in all the VIEWS.

While the exact angles may be regarded as immaterial, for purposes of comparative description it will be assumed that the tooth a is bounded by a front at Z) the angle of which to the saw radius touching the point of the tooth is about 39 and a back 0, the angle of which to the same radius is about 62, making a tooth the sides of which con verge from the root outwardly at an in cluded angle of 23 approximately. By reason of the difference in angle to its two sides, this front and back, to the said radius the tooth inclines forwardly as the saw runs in operation. It is the best practice to have the front 6 of the tooth at such an angle that as it approaches the ribs of the grid it also approaches parallelism with the contiguous face thereof so that the fibers carried in the interdental space between the ribs is neither by the angle of this front I) packed into said space, nor is there a tendency tolforce them from the tooth, at any time before the brush or suction is applied to take the said fibers from the saws. With these. premises it is considered immaterial exactly what the angle of the tooth is so long as it is capable of taking the fiber upon itsfront; 7) and; carrying it through the gr dv and is of sufficient strength to be practicable.

The present invention consists in a tooth on which has been produced by filing or otherwise on its back .0 extending backward'ly from its point, facets (Z Whichlie at an angle front 6 of the tooth and'angular position of these facets (Z bothcorrelatively and to the radius a sharp, triangular point 'is formed upon the. tooth a while extending from this extreme point to the sides of the saw (the width ofthe facets) are sharp, cutting edges. In other words, these cutting edges converge from the sides of the saw alongthe point of the tooth terminating in a triangular point proper. Itis preferable that the included angle of these cutting edges should not be acute as thereby a stronger point will be obtained. Were this angle acute the points would be too slender and the cutting edges which enter the matted fibers'and "cut would be unnecessarily long. The angle at which these facets d lie to a tangent touching the point of the tooth is such that these cutting edges at the polnt' are presented in the lead of the heels ofthe said facets, that is, said facets and their conjoint angle 6 are raking and as the sharp, triangular points of the teeth enter the closely matted lint on the seed to which entry they are assisted by the. cuttingdivergent edges atthe tooth-point they penetrate to contact with the seed and commence cutting the lint therefrom, the retardation of theroll of seed'causing these points-to be dragged over the seed insomewhat forci ble contacttherewiththe seed being held in. contact with the point of the tooth with its. cutting edges by the matted fiber and therake of the tooth. The front 6 of the tooth where it coincides with the sides of the saw forms a, rectangular corner around which the short fiber is wrapped and by which it is sufli'ciently engaged to insure its being carried through the grid and not easily wiped 'off by contact with other seed as is th'e'case with the. toothcircular in crosssection. Thus a very much diminished quantity'of free fiber reinainsin the roll to be cutand broken by the teeth or to fall out with the delinted seed.

In order tosharpen thetooth havingthe.

circular crosssection it is necessary to reshape the teeth and bring them to a.po1nt the operation being substantially the same as their initial forming while in the case of this tion ofthe teeth" is formed'onaibase having.

parallel sides. located; betweenthe. cutting portion and the bodypf the saw. The. heavy. base with a triangular side constitutes a.

firm support, for the long tapering teeth, necessarily leavingjn. interval... offcorres spondi'ng length bet'ivveenf the teeth.

Iclairn'; 4' i 1. In a [delinting sawia-tooth formedas a triangular pyramid touching the. outer, circumferential'line of the j teeth; only "at its apex. e a a 2. (In a d.elinting.saw,.a.. tooth having a substantially; plane forward side and, arearward .side "formed of planes arranged at an angle to each. other and to the forward. side of the. tooth, and producin anjangle to, .acircumfereme 3.11m delinting jsaw altooth havi av substantiallyplane forward side. dispose at an, angle to a radius and a rearward side having a. central rib disposed at .an :angle. to

a radius and to. the circumference;

4. In adelinting saw, a tooth having a substantially plane forward; side with "its rearwardside beveled to form with: thefor: ward side appoint,it being the only part of the; tooth touching the. circumference of the.

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5. In a delinting saw, aitooth haying fa. substantially plane. forward side. disposed at.

an angle. to. a, radius; rearward, side. dis.-

pose'd at' a .greater angle .to. anddipon the. same side of the radius as the. forward side and side bevels producing a.p,oint,.it being the a only part of the. tooth touching the. an. cumference.

6. In a delinting saw,.a-rtooth haying, a.

substantially planeIforward side disposed -at an angle to a radius; a rearward sidedisposed T at :an angleto and greater than the an n. of,

the. forward side upon thev same side of. the

radius and meeting the forward. side; and.

bevels producing a point .at themeetings between the rearward vand'iforward "side's.

7. In a. delinting sama tooth formed .asja. triangular pyramid. touching the..o1iter. cir.-- cumferential- ,line of. the teeth only, at. its

ga rib disp'osedat apes, the distance-between. two .of the "opp'os,

i'ng sides of the teeth being uniform at all points on any given line parallel with the base of the planes forming said sides.

8. In a delinting saw, a tooth having a substantially plane forward side and a rearward side formed of planes arranged at an angle to each other and to the forward side of the tooth and producing a rib disposed at an angle to a circumference, the sides of the base of the tooth forming parallel planes between the body of the saw and the planes first mentioned.

9. In a delinting saw, a tooth the base portion of which is of uniform thickness, each side of the base having approximately the form of a triangle and the upper portion of the tooth being beveled on each side to form a surface having sides forming respectively an obtuse angle and an acute angle with a line coinciding with the meeting edges of the 2G ALBERT A. WOOD.

Witnesses:

EDW. S. W 001), STERLING I. MELVIN.

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